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Roar

Make as many words as you can from just nine letters. Can you beat our score?

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Mr and Mrs... two lions at Longleat in Wiltshire. It may not be the limitless savannah, but these two seem to be looking back on a long and secure life with some contentment.

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Mr and Mrs... two lions at Longleat in Wiltshire. It may not be the limitless savannah, but these two seem to be looking back on a long and secure life with some contentment.

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Introduction

A Polyword is a game with words and letters. Make words of four letters or more from the letters of a nine-letter word, using each letter only once. Include the highlighted letter in every word you make. Can you beat our score?

Tap on any letter to use it for your word. Remember to include the highlighted letter. To change the highlighted letter and get different words, click here.

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ahoy airworthy airy arrow arty awry hair hairy harrow harry hart hiya hoar hoary iota oath rarity ratio riot roar rota rotary taro tarry thaw throw tray trio tyro wait wart warty wary what whir whirr whit whoa wiry with worry worth worthy wraith wrath writ wroth
harrow rarity worthy wraith rotary throw tarry whirr ratio hoary worth wrath arrow worry hairy harry wart what wary with writ wait wiry hart iota hair awry airy arty oath riot tray trio thaw ahoy roar rota
ahoy airworthy airy arrow arty awry hair hairy harrow harry hart hiya hoar hoary iota oath rarity ratio riot roar rota rotary taro tarry thaw throw tray trio tyro wait wart warty wary what whir whirr whit whoa wiry with worry worth worthy wraith wrath writ wroth

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Opposites Find in Think and Speak

Suggest words or phrases that seem opposite in meaning to each of the words below. We have suggested some possible answers; see if you can find any others.

This exercise uses words found in the accompanying puzzle.

1. Thaw. 2. Throw. 3. Worthy.

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Variations: 1.instead of opposites, suggest words of similar meaning (synonyms). 2.use a word and its opposite in the same sentence. 3.suggest any 5 opposites formed by adding dis-.

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